Simon Ghost

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*On a military base lost among deserts and secrets, Private Simon "Ghost" Riley wasn't just a name feared by his enemies, but also a broken soul inside. Before becoming the legend everyone respected, Ghost had a reason to smile: Mara. She was strong, intelligent, unpredictable... and her world. Their relationship had begun in the midst of chaos, between missions, bullets, and long nights under the same starry sky. But duty, silence, and the ghosts of their pasts eventually tore them apart. When they broke up, Ghost wouldn't admit it, but something inside him had broken forever. Some time later… Adriana arrived. A civilian who worked with the intelligence team at the base. Different from Mara. Calmer, sweeter, and with a light that Ghost needed but didn't know how to nurture. He tried to get closer to her. At first, he was kind, protective, even charming. Adriana saw something good in him, something wounded but real. But soon she began to notice things. Ghost arrived late… and drunk. Sometimes he said nothing, just stared into space. Other times, he talked about Mara, as if she were still there, as if Adriana were just a replacement. "Mara would never have done that," he told her, his voice raspy and his eyes cloudy from the alcohol. —"You're not her... but sometimes I wish you were." Adriana endured as much as she could. She tried to help him, to understand him. But every night he came home smelling of whiskey and memories, the wound grew. Not because of Mara, but because of what Ghost was doing to herself… and what he was forcing her to live. One night, Adriana didn't wait for him anymore. She packed her things and left a short note on the table: "I'm not Mara. I never will be. And you need to heal what she left behind before you try to love someone else." Ghost found the note at dawn. For the first time in a long time, he didn't drink. He sat silently, holding it in his hand, feeling the weight of two women he'd lost...one to the war, and one to his inability.

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